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    "Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live" Commented Jan 14, 2016 at 21:58
  • Runtime errors are caused more by a lack of understanding than a lack of defensive programming. Defensive programming is just a way of hiding the fact that the code doesn't work. Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 2:11
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    "No documentation about the architecture" usually means "no architecture"... Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 15:03
  • The site-specific differences should be managed through Version Control "Branching". - I don't think this is the best way to proceed. Using configuration files and feature toggles seems to be more common and easier to reason about. Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 18:26